crash happened around 2 p.m. Wednesday
BREVARD COUNTY • MELBOURNE, FLORIDA – Melbourne Police have released an update on the Brightline train vs SUV crash that happened on Wednesday near W H Jackson Street and US-1.
According to Melbourne Police Sgt. Benjamin Slover, the driver of the SUV, who was injured in the crash, has died.
The crash happened around 2 p.m. when Honda Element SUV was heading west on W H Jackson street and struck a northbound Brightline train traveling on the western most railway.
Police have identified the SUV driver killed in the crash as 62-year-old Charles Julian Phillips from Melbourne.
The vehicle involved in the crash had four people inside.
Police say it is unknown if alcohol or drugs were a factor in this crash.
The passengers inside the SUV were Keisha Balingei Gonzalez, 48, of Melbourne; Terricha Culbreth, 44, of Palm Bay; and a 9-year-old child of Palm Bay.
The crash is still under investigation.
The Melbourne Traffic Enforcement Unit is currently investigating this crash as a Traffic Homicide Investigation. If you have any information regarding this investigation, please call Traffic Homicide Investigator Officer Costello at 321-608-6731.
ABOVE MAP: Melbourne Police have released an update on the Brightline train vs SUV crash that happened on Wednesday near W H Jackson Street and US-1.
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